Elimination of Mutant mtDNA by an Optimized mpTALEN Restores Differentiation Capacities of Heteroplasmic MELAS-iPSCs

Various mitochondrial diseases, including mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS), are associated with heteroplasmic mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Herein, we refined a previously generated G13513A mtDNA-targeted platinum transcription activator-like...

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Main Authors: Naoki Yahata, Hiroko Boda, Ryuji Hata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:Molecular Therapy: Methods & Clinical Development
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2329050120302217